BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8d9784787f6 DTSTART:20180716T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180716T060000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Suisse SUMMARY:2nd Oceans Forum on Trade-related Aspects of Sustainable Developmen t Goal 14 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​Background\n\nFish and seafood is one of the most traded foo d commodities in the world. In recent years\, exports reached a value of 1 53 US$ billion in 2017\, up about 8 percent compared to 2016. Some 38 per cent of the world production enters international trade and over 50 percen t of this trade originates in developing countries. The net trade income f or these countries (export – import)\, valued at US$ 36 billion in 2016\ , is greater than all other agricultural commodities combined. However\, v alue added contributions - although challenging to proxy - suggest improve ments could be made in order to more effectively harness the power of trad e within value chains and their related services.\n\nIn Pacific Small Isla nd Development States (SIDS)\, fishing can provide between 30 and 80 per c ent of their exports – a result of the presence of large Exclusive Econo mic Zones (EEZs) and the value captured from highly prized fish species\, such as tuna. Likewise\, the share of fish trade flows for some West Afric an countries represents as much as 12 per cent of their GDP. Around 58 mil lion people are directly employed in fisheries and aquaculture\, with some 200 million direct and indirect employment opportunities occurring along the value chain from harvesting to distribution. As a consequence\, the li velihoods of some 660 to 880 million people are dependent on the sector. H owever\, the basis of this prosperity is fragile and wild stocks are under increasing pressure.\n\nIn 2016\, global capture fishery production consi sted of 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 10.3 million tonnes fro m inland waters. Since the early 2000s\, despite a relatively steady total capture\, the state of the world’s marine fish stocks have not improved \, although notable progress has been observed in some areas or species. T he share of fish stocks below biologically sustainable levels (overfished) increased from 10 per cent in 1974 to 31.4 per cent in 2013. The fully fi shed stocks represented 58.1% in 2013 and require effective management reg imes to ensure they don’t become overfished. Given this trend\, the role of aquaculture in meeting current and future demand will be significant\, as estimates indicate that by 2030 around two third of the total seafood output will be farmed.\n\nGlobal value chains (GVCs) in the fishing and se afood sector (including other marine species such as crustaceans\, mollusk s and seaweed) tend to be vertically integrated\, as in the case of other agricultural commodities. They are often characterized by hierarchical str uctures of governance\, where chain drivers exert a strong degree of contr ol. In such cases\, importers and retailers generally have more influence setting conditions for production methods\, price arrangements and other c ontractual conditions. However\, the associated activities of trade within GVCs are diverse.\n\nFisheries related services activities are diverse an d include fishing harbours\, landing sites\, refrigeration and processing facilities\, maritime and logistical services\, insurance\, financial serv ices\, maintenance and repair of fishing vessels\, and related hotel and r estauration services. The linkages between the fisheries sector to others can be strong though are not always effectively harnessed so as to enhance value addition. Nevertheless\, all of these related activities provide si gnificant employment and economic benefits to both countries and local coa stal communities\, especially in coastal and island developing countries.\ n\nIn capture fisheries and aquaculture\, opportunities exist to extend cu rrent value chains in both upstream activities (e.g. vessel support servic es or support services to farms) and downstream activities (e.g. processin g output into higher-value products). The extent to which the value chain can be extended will ultimately be determined by the total value realised from the harvesting/farming activity\, the availability or capacity to har vest or farm the resource\, and the product'\;s market potential. Howe ver\, the institutional context within which value chain led trade takes p lace\, also exerts a strong influence on the potential for expansion.\n\nA systems wide approach is therefore required\, which situates fish and sea food value chains within the context of a broader oceans/blue economy\, in recognition of the linkages between sectors. Through such an approach\, m ultiplier effects can be harnessed without additional pressure on the natu ral resource base. Through enabling trade and the diffusion of technology and knowledge\, value chains are also the vehicles through which new forms of production\, technologies\, logistics\, labour conditions and organiza tional relations and networks are introduced. Participating in multiple va lue chains which service different sectors can enhance the diversification of inputs (e.g. seaweed) and outputs (e.g. nutraceuticals).\n\nIn order f or coastal and insular developing countries to increase value addition in the seafood sector\, ensuring interlinkages with other key sectors\, such as transport\, logistics and tourism services\, must be a key priority in their oceans/blue economy strategies. This has been demonstrated for Mauri tius\, Seychelles and Cape Verde\, where blue economy\, sustainable fisher ies and value addition in the seafood sector are considered as a central a xis of their national development strategies. UNCTAD\, FAO\, UN Environmen t and partners intend to support other countries to develop their own ocea ns economy and trade strategies in order to improve value addition\, marke t access\, diversification and environmental and social sustainability.\n\ nIn line with the values already ascribed to within the Commonwealth Chart er\, the Commonwealth Blue Charter for sustainable ocean development estab lishes guiding principles for its members in relation to sustainable ocean s economy development. The advancement of a regenerative development proce ss - as opposed to regressive trajectories and vicious growth cycles – w hich encompasses the oceans economy is in essence\, solution-orientated.\n \nObjectives:\n\nThe Forum will seek to identify challenges and opportunit ies that sustainability and further integration of the seafood value chain and related services (transport\, port and logistical services\, etc.) ma y offer within the framework of the oceans/blue economy. To do so\, the Fo rum will provide state of the art analysis and countries experiences\, and identify public and private best practices that can generate policy recom mendations and propose specific actions to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b).\n\nThe Forum will also seek a set of policy recommendations and actions to be considered in the advancement of the implementation of SDG 14 by Member States\, in the multilateral trade system and in the SDG monitoring exercise within the United Nations. Such recommendations and actions will build upon existing United Nations Confer ence outcomes (such as the Future We Want of the Rio +20 Conference\, the Call for Action of the 2017 United Nations Ocean Conference\, the Nairobi Maafikiano of UNCTAD 14 and relevant United Nations General Assembly Resol utions)\, FAO\, UNEP and UNECE agreements and instruments\, soft law and o ther trade related instruments.\n\nThe Oceans Forum has become a unique pe riodical global platform to take stock\, exchange experiences and offer op tion for the implementation on trade-related targets of SDG 14 that includ e the involvement of leading United Nations Agencies\, regional bodies\, g overnment institutions and civil society organizations.\n<\;p>\;<\;s trong>\;​Background<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Fish an d seafood is one of the most traded food commodities in the world. In rece nt years\, exports reached a value of 153 US$ billion in 2017\, up about 8 percent compared to 2016. Some 38 per cent of the world production enters international trade and over 50 percent of this trade originates in devel oping countries. The net trade income for these countries (export – impo rt)\, valued at US$ 36 billion in 2016\, is greater than all other agricul tural commodities combined. However\, value added contributions - although challenging to proxy - suggest improvements could be made in order to mor e effectively harness the power of trade within value chains and their rel ated services.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;In Pacific Small Island Developme nt States (SIDS)\, fishing can provide between 30 and 80 per cent of their exports – a result of the presence of large Exclusive Economic Zones (E EZs) and the value captured from highly prized fish species\, such as tuna . Likewise\, the share of fish trade flows for some West African countries represents as much as 12 per cent of their GDP. Around 58 million people are directly employed in fisheries and aquaculture\, with some 200 million direct and indirect employment opportunities occurring along the value ch ain from harvesting to distribution. As a consequence\, the livelihoods of some 660 to 880 million people are dependent on the sector. However\, the basis of this prosperity is fragile and wild stocks are under increasing pressure.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;In 2016\, global capture fishery produ ction consisted of 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 10.3 million tonnes from inland waters. Since the early 2000s\, despite a relatively s teady total capture\, the state of the world’s marine fish stocks have n ot improved\, although notable progress has been observed in some areas or species. The share of fish stocks below biologically sustainable levels ( overfished) increased from 10 per cent in 1974 to 31.4 per cent in 2013. T he fully fished stocks represented 58.1% in 2013 and require effective man agement regimes to ensure they don’t become overfished. Given this trend \, the role of aquaculture in meeting current and future demand will be si gnificant\, as estimates indicate that by 2030 around two third of the tot al seafood output will be farmed.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Global value c hains (GVCs) in the fishing and seafood sector (including other marine spe cies such as crustaceans\, mollusks and seaweed) tend to be vertically int egrated\, as in the case of other agricultural commodities. They are often characterized by hierarchical structures of governance\, where chain driv ers exert a strong degree of control. In such cases\, importers and retail ers generally have more influence setting conditions for production method s\, price arrangements and other contractual conditions. However\, the ass ociated activities of trade within GVCs are diverse.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p >\;Fisheries related services activities are diverse and include fishing harbours\, landing sites\, refrigeration and processing facilities\, mari time and logistical services\, insurance\, financial services\, maintenanc e and repair of fishing vessels\, and related hotel and restauration servi ces. The linkages between the fisheries sector to others can be strong tho ugh are not always effectively harnessed so as to enhance value addition. Nevertheless\, all of these related activities provide significant employm ent and economic benefits to both countries and local coastal communities\ , especially in coastal and island developing countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n&l t\;p>\;In capture fisheries and aquaculture\, opportunities exist to ext end current value chains in both upstream activities (e.g. vessel support services or support services to farms) and downstream activities (e.g. pro cessing output into higher-value products). The extent to which the value chain can be extended will ultimately be determined by the total value rea lised from the harvesting/farming activity\, the availability or capacity to harvest or farm the resource\, and the product'\;s market potential . However\, the institutional context within which value chain led trade t akes place\, also exerts a strong influence on the potential for expansion .<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A systems wide approach is therefore required\ , which situates fish and seafood value chains within the context of a bro ader oceans/blue economy\, in recognition of the linkages between sectors. Through such an approach\, multiplier effects can be harnessed without ad ditional pressure on the natural resource base. Through enabling trade and the diffusion of technology and knowledge\, value chains are also the veh icles through which new forms of production\, technologies\, logistics\, l abour conditions and organizational relations and networks are introduced. Participating in multiple value chains which service different sectors ca n enhance the diversification of inputs (e.g. seaweed) and outputs (e.g. n utraceuticals).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;In order for coastal and insular developing countries to increase value addition in the seafood sector\, e nsuring interlinkages with other key sectors\, such as transport\, logisti cs and tourism services\, must be a key priority in their oceans/blue econ omy strategies. This has been demonstrated for Mauritius\, Seychelles and Cape Verde\, where blue economy\, sustainable fisheries and value addition in the seafood sector are considered as a central axis of their national development strategies. UNCTAD\, FAO\, UN Environment and partners intend to support other countries to develop their own oceans economy and trade s trategies in order to improve value addition\, market access\, diversifica tion and environmental and social sustainability.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p> \;In line with the values already ascribed to within the Commonwealth Char ter\, the Commonwealth Blue Charter for sustainable ocean development esta blishes guiding principles for its members in relation to sustainable ocea ns economy development. The advancement of a regenerative development proc ess - as opposed to regressive trajectories and vicious growth cycles – which encompasses the oceans economy is in essence\, solution-orientated.& lt\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Objectives:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Forum will seek to identify challenges and opportunities that sustainability and further integration of the seafood value chain and related services (tran sport\, port and logistical services\, etc.) may offer within the framewor k of the oceans/blue economy. To do so\, the Forum will provide state of t he art analysis and countries experiences\, and identify public and privat e best practices that can generate policy recommendations and propose spec ific actions to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Forum will also seek a set of poli cy recommendations and actions to be considered in the advancement of the implementation of SDG 14 by Member States\, in the multilateral trade syst em and in the SDG monitoring exercise within the United Nations. Such reco mmendations and actions will build upon existing United Nations Conference outcomes (such as the Future We Want of the Rio +20 Conference\, the Call for Action of the 2017 United Nations Ocean Conference\, the Nairobi Maaf ikiano of UNCTAD 14 and relevant United Nations General Assembly Resolutio ns)\, FAO\, UNEP and UNECE agreements and instruments\, soft law and other trade related instruments.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Oceans Forum has become a unique periodical global platform to take stock\, exchange exper iences and offer option for the implementation on trade-related targets of SDG 14 that include the involvement of leading United Nations Agencies\, regional bodies\, government institutions and civil society organizations. <\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/2 nd-oceans-forum-trade-related-aspects-sustainable-development-goal-14 DTSTAMP:20260825T132420Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8d97847882a DTSTART:20180717T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180717T060000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Suisse SUMMARY:2nd Oceans Forum on Trade-related Aspects of Sustainable Developmen t Goal 14 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​Background\n\nFish and seafood is one of the most traded foo d commodities in the world. In recent years\, exports reached a value of 1 53 US$ billion in 2017\, up about 8 percent compared to 2016. Some 38 per cent of the world production enters international trade and over 50 percen t of this trade originates in developing countries. The net trade income f or these countries (export – import)\, valued at US$ 36 billion in 2016\ , is greater than all other agricultural commodities combined. However\, v alue added contributions - although challenging to proxy - suggest improve ments could be made in order to more effectively harness the power of trad e within value chains and their related services.\n\nIn Pacific Small Isla nd Development States (SIDS)\, fishing can provide between 30 and 80 per c ent of their exports – a result of the presence of large Exclusive Econo mic Zones (EEZs) and the value captured from highly prized fish species\, such as tuna. Likewise\, the share of fish trade flows for some West Afric an countries represents as much as 12 per cent of their GDP. Around 58 mil lion people are directly employed in fisheries and aquaculture\, with some 200 million direct and indirect employment opportunities occurring along the value chain from harvesting to distribution. As a consequence\, the li velihoods of some 660 to 880 million people are dependent on the sector. H owever\, the basis of this prosperity is fragile and wild stocks are under increasing pressure.\n\nIn 2016\, global capture fishery production consi sted of 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 10.3 million tonnes fro m inland waters. Since the early 2000s\, despite a relatively steady total capture\, the state of the world’s marine fish stocks have not improved \, although notable progress has been observed in some areas or species. T he share of fish stocks below biologically sustainable levels (overfished) increased from 10 per cent in 1974 to 31.4 per cent in 2013. The fully fi shed stocks represented 58.1% in 2013 and require effective management reg imes to ensure they don’t become overfished. Given this trend\, the role of aquaculture in meeting current and future demand will be significant\, as estimates indicate that by 2030 around two third of the total seafood output will be farmed.\n\nGlobal value chains (GVCs) in the fishing and se afood sector (including other marine species such as crustaceans\, mollusk s and seaweed) tend to be vertically integrated\, as in the case of other agricultural commodities. They are often characterized by hierarchical str uctures of governance\, where chain drivers exert a strong degree of contr ol. In such cases\, importers and retailers generally have more influence setting conditions for production methods\, price arrangements and other c ontractual conditions. However\, the associated activities of trade within GVCs are diverse.\n\nFisheries related services activities are diverse an d include fishing harbours\, landing sites\, refrigeration and processing facilities\, maritime and logistical services\, insurance\, financial serv ices\, maintenance and repair of fishing vessels\, and related hotel and r estauration services. The linkages between the fisheries sector to others can be strong though are not always effectively harnessed so as to enhance value addition. Nevertheless\, all of these related activities provide si gnificant employment and economic benefits to both countries and local coa stal communities\, especially in coastal and island developing countries.\ n\nIn capture fisheries and aquaculture\, opportunities exist to extend cu rrent value chains in both upstream activities (e.g. vessel support servic es or support services to farms) and downstream activities (e.g. processin g output into higher-value products). The extent to which the value chain can be extended will ultimately be determined by the total value realised from the harvesting/farming activity\, the availability or capacity to har vest or farm the resource\, and the product'\;s market potential. Howe ver\, the institutional context within which value chain led trade takes p lace\, also exerts a strong influence on the potential for expansion.\n\nA systems wide approach is therefore required\, which situates fish and sea food value chains within the context of a broader oceans/blue economy\, in recognition of the linkages between sectors. Through such an approach\, m ultiplier effects can be harnessed without additional pressure on the natu ral resource base. Through enabling trade and the diffusion of technology and knowledge\, value chains are also the vehicles through which new forms of production\, technologies\, logistics\, labour conditions and organiza tional relations and networks are introduced. Participating in multiple va lue chains which service different sectors can enhance the diversification of inputs (e.g. seaweed) and outputs (e.g. nutraceuticals).\n\nIn order f or coastal and insular developing countries to increase value addition in the seafood sector\, ensuring interlinkages with other key sectors\, such as transport\, logistics and tourism services\, must be a key priority in their oceans/blue economy strategies. This has been demonstrated for Mauri tius\, Seychelles and Cape Verde\, where blue economy\, sustainable fisher ies and value addition in the seafood sector are considered as a central a xis of their national development strategies. UNCTAD\, FAO\, UN Environmen t and partners intend to support other countries to develop their own ocea ns economy and trade strategies in order to improve value addition\, marke t access\, diversification and environmental and social sustainability.\n\ nIn line with the values already ascribed to within the Commonwealth Chart er\, the Commonwealth Blue Charter for sustainable ocean development estab lishes guiding principles for its members in relation to sustainable ocean s economy development. The advancement of a regenerative development proce ss - as opposed to regressive trajectories and vicious growth cycles – w hich encompasses the oceans economy is in essence\, solution-orientated.\n \nObjectives:\n\nThe Forum will seek to identify challenges and opportunit ies that sustainability and further integration of the seafood value chain and related services (transport\, port and logistical services\, etc.) ma y offer within the framework of the oceans/blue economy. To do so\, the Fo rum will provide state of the art analysis and countries experiences\, and identify public and private best practices that can generate policy recom mendations and propose specific actions to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b).\n\nThe Forum will also seek a set of policy recommendations and actions to be considered in the advancement of the implementation of SDG 14 by Member States\, in the multilateral trade system and in the SDG monitoring exercise within the United Nations. Such recommendations and actions will build upon existing United Nations Confer ence outcomes (such as the Future We Want of the Rio +20 Conference\, the Call for Action of the 2017 United Nations Ocean Conference\, the Nairobi Maafikiano of UNCTAD 14 and relevant United Nations General Assembly Resol utions)\, FAO\, UNEP and UNECE agreements and instruments\, soft law and o ther trade related instruments.\n\nThe Oceans Forum has become a unique pe riodical global platform to take stock\, exchange experiences and offer op tion for the implementation on trade-related targets of SDG 14 that includ e the involvement of leading United Nations Agencies\, regional bodies\, g overnment institutions and civil society organizations.\n<\;p>\;<\;s trong>\;​Background<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Fish an d seafood is one of the most traded food commodities in the world. In rece nt years\, exports reached a value of 153 US$ billion in 2017\, up about 8 percent compared to 2016. Some 38 per cent of the world production enters international trade and over 50 percent of this trade originates in devel oping countries. The net trade income for these countries (export – impo rt)\, valued at US$ 36 billion in 2016\, is greater than all other agricul tural commodities combined. However\, value added contributions - although challenging to proxy - suggest improvements could be made in order to mor e effectively harness the power of trade within value chains and their rel ated services.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;In Pacific Small Island Developme nt States (SIDS)\, fishing can provide between 30 and 80 per cent of their exports – a result of the presence of large Exclusive Economic Zones (E EZs) and the value captured from highly prized fish species\, such as tuna . Likewise\, the share of fish trade flows for some West African countries represents as much as 12 per cent of their GDP. Around 58 million people are directly employed in fisheries and aquaculture\, with some 200 million direct and indirect employment opportunities occurring along the value ch ain from harvesting to distribution. As a consequence\, the livelihoods of some 660 to 880 million people are dependent on the sector. However\, the basis of this prosperity is fragile and wild stocks are under increasing pressure.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;In 2016\, global capture fishery produ ction consisted of 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 10.3 million tonnes from inland waters. Since the early 2000s\, despite a relatively s teady total capture\, the state of the world’s marine fish stocks have n ot improved\, although notable progress has been observed in some areas or species. The share of fish stocks below biologically sustainable levels ( overfished) increased from 10 per cent in 1974 to 31.4 per cent in 2013. T he fully fished stocks represented 58.1% in 2013 and require effective man agement regimes to ensure they don’t become overfished. Given this trend \, the role of aquaculture in meeting current and future demand will be si gnificant\, as estimates indicate that by 2030 around two third of the tot al seafood output will be farmed.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Global value c hains (GVCs) in the fishing and seafood sector (including other marine spe cies such as crustaceans\, mollusks and seaweed) tend to be vertically int egrated\, as in the case of other agricultural commodities. They are often characterized by hierarchical structures of governance\, where chain driv ers exert a strong degree of control. In such cases\, importers and retail ers generally have more influence setting conditions for production method s\, price arrangements and other contractual conditions. However\, the ass ociated activities of trade within GVCs are diverse.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p >\;Fisheries related services activities are diverse and include fishing harbours\, landing sites\, refrigeration and processing facilities\, mari time and logistical services\, insurance\, financial services\, maintenanc e and repair of fishing vessels\, and related hotel and restauration servi ces. The linkages between the fisheries sector to others can be strong tho ugh are not always effectively harnessed so as to enhance value addition. Nevertheless\, all of these related activities provide significant employm ent and economic benefits to both countries and local coastal communities\ , especially in coastal and island developing countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n&l t\;p>\;In capture fisheries and aquaculture\, opportunities exist to ext end current value chains in both upstream activities (e.g. vessel support services or support services to farms) and downstream activities (e.g. pro cessing output into higher-value products). The extent to which the value chain can be extended will ultimately be determined by the total value rea lised from the harvesting/farming activity\, the availability or capacity to harvest or farm the resource\, and the product'\;s market potential . However\, the institutional context within which value chain led trade t akes place\, also exerts a strong influence on the potential for expansion .<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A systems wide approach is therefore required\ , which situates fish and seafood value chains within the context of a bro ader oceans/blue economy\, in recognition of the linkages between sectors. Through such an approach\, multiplier effects can be harnessed without ad ditional pressure on the natural resource base. Through enabling trade and the diffusion of technology and knowledge\, value chains are also the veh icles through which new forms of production\, technologies\, logistics\, l abour conditions and organizational relations and networks are introduced. Participating in multiple value chains which service different sectors ca n enhance the diversification of inputs (e.g. seaweed) and outputs (e.g. n utraceuticals).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;In order for coastal and insular developing countries to increase value addition in the seafood sector\, e nsuring interlinkages with other key sectors\, such as transport\, logisti cs and tourism services\, must be a key priority in their oceans/blue econ omy strategies. This has been demonstrated for Mauritius\, Seychelles and Cape Verde\, where blue economy\, sustainable fisheries and value addition in the seafood sector are considered as a central axis of their national development strategies. UNCTAD\, FAO\, UN Environment and partners intend to support other countries to develop their own oceans economy and trade s trategies in order to improve value addition\, market access\, diversifica tion and environmental and social sustainability.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p> \;In line with the values already ascribed to within the Commonwealth Char ter\, the Commonwealth Blue Charter for sustainable ocean development esta blishes guiding principles for its members in relation to sustainable ocea ns economy development. The advancement of a regenerative development proc ess - as opposed to regressive trajectories and vicious growth cycles – which encompasses the oceans economy is in essence\, solution-orientated.& lt\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Objectives:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Forum will seek to identify challenges and opportunities that sustainability and further integration of the seafood value chain and related services (tran sport\, port and logistical services\, etc.) may offer within the framewor k of the oceans/blue economy. To do so\, the Forum will provide state of t he art analysis and countries experiences\, and identify public and privat e best practices that can generate policy recommendations and propose spec ific actions to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Forum will also seek a set of poli cy recommendations and actions to be considered in the advancement of the implementation of SDG 14 by Member States\, in the multilateral trade syst em and in the SDG monitoring exercise within the United Nations. Such reco mmendations and actions will build upon existing United Nations Conference outcomes (such as the Future We Want of the Rio +20 Conference\, the Call for Action of the 2017 United Nations Ocean Conference\, the Nairobi Maaf ikiano of UNCTAD 14 and relevant United Nations General Assembly Resolutio ns)\, FAO\, UNEP and UNECE agreements and instruments\, soft law and other trade related instruments.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Oceans Forum has become a unique periodical global platform to take stock\, exchange exper iences and offer option for the implementation on trade-related targets of SDG 14 that include the involvement of leading United Nations Agencies\, regional bodies\, government institutions and civil society organizations. <\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/2 nd-oceans-forum-trade-related-aspects-sustainable-development-goal-14 DTSTAMP:20260825T132420Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR